“Downtown Houston, TX – a panorama” by Kumar Appaiah is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0
Launch
StratosFur, Texas’s newest furry con, will take place on August 14-15, 2021 at the Hyatt Regency Houston Intercontinental Airport in Houston, TX expecting to give a stellar experience to members of the furry community. Home to NASA’s Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston is ready to host its very first furry con and join other Texas furcons such as ACFI in San Antonio and TFF in Dallas to form a “furry” triangle in Texas.
Challenges
Several members of the Houston furry community have been working since 2019 to make StratosFur a reality. There had been previous attempts to create a Houston furry con, but they all failed. These previous attempts did not deter many Houston furs such as Intaglio Whitegraven to launch another “mission.” As Intaglio explained, “Back in April 2019, only a few weeks after TFF was held, six people (myself included) responded to an invitation on Facebook to gather and discuss the possibility of launching a fur convention in Houston. We were armed with tips given to us by the con chair of ACFI, as well as preliminary research into other cons who were planning their first event soon.” Not long after an announcement was made to start a new con, many local furs joined including Hellfyre, former co-chair at Califur 6.
Furry Bowling in Katy, TX (January 2020)
Success
Thanks to a team of Houston furs, the process of making StratosFur a reality has been smooth for the most part. However, as Fox Piacenti, CEO of Artconomy.com and Head of Public Outreach for StratosFur, said that the most challenging part has been finding and securing a venue because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, the StratosFur team has secured a venue and a date for the event.
With the growing number of furry cons, how will StratosFur be different from any other con? Fox responded that,
“StratosFur will be different from other cons in its focus on individual
contributions and creativity. StratosFur means to organize its event
around celebrating what makes each of us who we are and helping
define that further. Houston is a city that is a federation in itself–
smaller communities working in tandem to create the larger community.
StratosFur intends to reflect this in its structure and approach, celebrating
both what unites us and what defines each of us.”
Will you join other furs in this mission to go on an exhilarating galactic journey through the stars and beyond? Stay tuned for the latest updates for StratosFur!
“Space Shuttle Endeavour over Moffett Field” by arnolddeleon is licensed under CC BY 2.0
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